Bottle opener



y 1927' o. w. LILES BOTTLE OPENER Filed Aug. 1:5. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 17,1927. I -1.629,219'

D. W. LILES BOTTLE OPENER File d Aug. 13. 1925 A 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 flazter' WLiles 7 w 93, I r f l as to eliminate the BOTTLE Deanne. Y

nnx'rnn W. LILES, or Benin, ninrn nanonlnfi f Application filed August 13, 1925. Serial 1%, 50,071. a

I This invention relatesto bottle openers i and more particularly to bottle cap 01' crown seal removers. v

The objectof the invention is to provide a simple and etiicient opener constructed so possibility -of breaking the bottle or chipping its nouth during'the removal of the crown, I I I Another object is to provide a device of this character equipped with means to'for- 'cibly engage the center of acrown and.'c'ause it to buckle inside the bottle neck thereby 'releasing the flange of the crown from outside the bottleneck. I V v With the foregoing and other objects in view which. will appear as the description proceeds the invention nation and ,arrangementof parts and 1n the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changesin the precise GIDbOClll'IlQIlt of the invention herein disclosed, rnaybe made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the 1nvent1on.

' In the accompanying drawings a Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of'the opener shown applied, the'bottle be ing in side elevation' I Figure 2 is a front detached; and

' Figure 3 is a elevation of the opener bottom plan view'thereof;

Figure 4 is a front elevation'of another form of the invention; a Figure 5 is a side view thereof H Figure 6 is a longitudinal sect on taken 7 on the line 6-6 of Figure 4.

' The opener 10 constituting this invention shownin'Figureslto 3 is designed to be mounted onla wall W or other suitable support, the bottletobeopened being shown at :1 and the crown seal constituting the closure therefor at2. V lThe opener is preferably made of cast I 'metal of the shapeshown in the drawing having a flat frontrface or top 11 with an opening 12 thereinon the rear wall 13 of which-is formed an integral crown engaging member 14 which tapers from its lower toward its upper end as shown at 15providing a projection 16 at its lower end which is designed to engage the center of the crown seal'2 during the opening operation. The rear face of the opener is arranged at an acute angle to the front face 11 as shown" resides in the coinbi- 1 It will, thus I form maybe-easily struck out and cheaply j 5 body. 1

at 17 w and is designed to -est the wall VV and to be secured thereto'by screws a 'the bottle neck in connection with which it" istobe used. The upper face of thisf'wall is also curved andisjequipped with a knife edge 20 designed to engageunder the flange 3 of cap 2 .sothat when a downward pull is exerted onthe bottle -1-the projection 14 will bear against the cap over the opening in the bottle mouth buckling the cap into the bottle neck and releasing it from the I bottle without danger of breakage' In Figures 3 to6 another form' of the invention is illustrat-ed in which the opener is cut out of a sheet of steel in the form of a-hood with the laterally extending wings 21 and22 arranged at the. rearupper port-ion thereof vand which are apertured to receive fastening screws for attaching'the device to a suitable'support; 1 i

The top portion of the;hood10Lisniade flat and the front'thereof has an opening a 23 struck out therefrom witha tongue 24 formed "along the rear edge of said opening and bent downwardly with its freejend extendedforwardly and tapered to forin a Q crown engaging, pro ect1on 25. The front so edge of the opening 23; sharpened j ner as that shown in Fig.' 1, so that when' a pull is exerted on the. bottle the proje-c 90. tion 25 will bearagainst the center of'thef cap and, force it inward whilejthesharp edge 26 under the flangeiwill force the cap off the bottlefmouthwithoutany breaking of the glass. v 7 v be seen that thissheet lnetal made so that it may be sold for a nominal price, andthus be within the reach of every-i I clai1n: T v In a bottle opener, a body portion including a length of sheet metal bent to providelateral side members, ears formed on the lateral SlClG'IIlBIIlbGIS, .sald ears hav ng openings to receive securingsorews to secure the device to a supportlng structure, said '1 body portion having an opening stamped 2. r r L r 1,629,219

therein, one edge: of the opening being engage the outer surface of the bottle (up opening, said knife-like edge adapted to ture.

formed into a kni fe-like edge, adepending to bend the sameat this point. tongue having a, forwardly extended end' In testimony that I claim vthe foregoing 10 portion extending from one Wall of the as my own, I have hereto aifiX-ed my signaengage one edge of a bottle cap, and said l o forwm dly extended end portion adapted to DEXTERW, LILES. 

